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George Cruikshank
1792-1878
Hilda's Visit to Abel Beechcroft
1842?
7 3/8 x 8 7/8 inches (187 x 225 mm)
Watercolor over graphite, with graphite sketches in the margins, on cream paper, laid down on white paper.
2006.39:4
Gift of J.P. Morgan, Jr.
Notes
Forms part of a collection of 20 drawings by Cruikshank to illustrate William Harrison Ainsworth's novel, The miser's daughter.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published with book I, chapter 7, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume 1, 1842.
Drawing for an etched illustration for The miser's daughter, first published with book I, chapter 7, of Ainsworth's novel as it originally appeared as a serial publication in Ainsworth's Magazine, Volume 1, 1842.
Inscriptions/Markings
Drawing is signed by the artist and inscribed with a title below image in pen and brown ink; numbered "4" in graphite at head of sheet; marginal sketch in graphite at left; on verso of mount: Vol. I, p. 134; Misers Daughter / proofs & drawings / £650.
Summary
Drawing shows Abel Beechcroft, seated and turning from his half-closed book at the instigation of a footman, to see Hilda Scarve accompanied by Jacob, pictures in gilt frames on the walls; marginal sketch of the figure of Hilda in graphite in the margin at left.
Associated names
Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913, former owner.
Classification
Century Drawings
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